AAR Operation Friend or Foy - 23AUG25

[Williams.JB]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: Operation Friend or Foy
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 23AUG25
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2359Z​

Mission OIC: Corporal Williams.JB
Mission Controller: Specialist Arnold.W
Number of Attendees: 64
7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:

Warrant Officer 1 Swift.A
Major Argentini.E
First Lieutenant Macpherson.C
Second Lieutenant Maines.Z
Second Lieutenant Sotelo.R
Master Sergeant Herber.R
Staff Sergeant Lee.N
Staff Sergeant Silvis.B
Sergeant Allen.R
Sergeant Angels.N
Sergeant Moreau.M
Sergeant Plummer.M
Sergeant Von Busch.M
Sergeant Wagner.D
Corporal Barnes.D
Corporal Bazzle.J
Corporal Darko.M
Corporal DONK.B
Corporal Feathers.A
Corporal Flick.J
Corporal Grimshaw.J
Corporal Guillermo.C
Corporal Koalafied.C
Corporal Lewis.P
Corporal Moff.N
Corporal Slagg.J
Corporal Williams.JB
Specialist Aponte.A
Specialist Arnold.W
Specialist Austin.M
Specialist Becker.J
Specialist Blade.B
Specialist DAmico.J
Specialist Fenrir.J
Specialist Freeze.T
Specialist Giglio.M
Specialist Gimson.M
Specialist Grey.W
Specialist Hall.S
Specialist Hellious.T
Specialist Kenton.W
Specialist Matthews.A
Specialist Muller.AS
Specialist Sibley.K
Specialist Smallbeck.E
Specialist Tawfik.Y
Specialist Willis.B
Specialist Zimmerman.C
Private First Class Doss.R
Private First Class Roderick.S
Private First Class Seymour.B
Private First Class Steven.D
Private First Class Theo.H
Private Banfield.H
Private Beckner.Z
Private Donavan.O
Private James.C
Private Juncu.M
Private Rome.J
Private Schulz.M
Private Star.J
Private Wang.T
Recruit Lynch.M
Private Henry.A

 

[Lee.N]

Element Callsign: Allied TC, callsign "Rocinante"
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Lee.N
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Guillermo.C
Corporal Koalafied.C


Pros:

• "Praise be the bush" - Koalafied
• GREAT tank cooperation with Sotelo's crew
• Great pings, occasionally were up too long.
• Great op with the blind nameplates. Would love to see it again on a night map.

Cons:

• Command comms were extra busy tonight.

 

[Smallbeck.E]

Element Callsign: Axis George Squad
Element Leader: Specialist Smallbeck.E
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Specialist Muller.AS

Pros:

• Was a well put together OP
• Good team communication

Cons:

• None at this time

 

[Maines.Z]

Element Callsign: Axis Commander
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Maines.Z
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Second Lieutenant Maines.Z

Pros:

• Great mission concept, well written, nice and simple
• Good communications, not too cluttered
• Not too many TK's, which is pretty surprising given everything

Cons:

• DEFEAT

 

[Barnes.D]

Element Callsign: Axis recon Dog squad
Element Leader: Corporal Barnes.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: Corporal Slagg.J


Pros:

• Good clear comms
• Lots of fun
• Good marks and pings

Cons:

• Enemy kept capping point before node was taken

 

[Herber.R]

Element Callsign: Able squad Allies
Element Leader: Master Sergeant Herber.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Macpherson.C
Specialist Hellious.T
Sergeant Wagner.D

Pros:

• Fun playing with the boys.
• Command comms weren't too cluttered.

Cons:

• No tags combined with attacking a point that is fortified and having to run through open fields leads to a very unenjoyable time.
• Felt like Axis had the advantage until phase 3 where we were finally able to spawn within hard cover and not have to run across open fields.
• Allowing attackers to be able to flank around behind the point where the objective was placed would have helped mitigate the constant meat grinder that the allies had to endure.

 

[Grimshaw.J]

Element Callsign: Allied commander
Element Leader: Corporal Grimshaw.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
entire allied team


Pros:

1. Great communication (busy at times)
2. fantastic Operation
3. AO was fantastic and well balanced
4. call outs were really good

Cons:

1. potentially allowing of limited air support
2. artillery?
3. no name tags on snow maps is hard. look to do a non snow map with this setup?
4. all tanks available?

 

[Plummer.M]

Element Callsign: Axis Charlie
Element Leader: Sergeant Plummer.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Feathers.A
Specialist DAmico.J
Private First Class Seymour.B
Private Beckner.Z

Pros:

• Fun

Cons:

• 50/50 on the no tag
• Too many TKs.

 

[Rome.J]

That was a lot of fun. Blade in my squad got 2 nodes! I thought the OP was a lot of fun and useful. I'd like to try it in a map without such open spaces--Hurtgen or Hill 400? But the problem with this is it would be even harder to find the nodes? I'd definitely do it again. Really good coms. I liked trying to put trucks and halftraks into places where no one was, but damn the axis were everywhere.

 

[Kenton.W]

Element Callsign: Axis Baker Squad
Element Leader: Specialist Kenton.W
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Major Argentini.E
Specialist Hall.S
Private Schulz.M
Private Juncu.M


Pros:

• Search and Destroy is always a fun concept along with no name tags
• Great communication on the squad and platoon level
• Awesome gunfight in the town of Foy

Cons:

• Communication got a little jumbled on command at times
• Foy felt like a poor map for search and destroy

 

[Angels.N]

Element Callsign: Allies "Fox" Infantry Squad
Element Leader: Sergeant Nate Angels
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Marco Gimson
Specialist Wolf Arnold
Specialist Youssef Tawfik
Specialist Alex Matthews
Specialist John Fenrir

Pros:

• Great operation, it was very fun.
• Inner squad communication was hectic at times but was perfect when calling out contact and pings.
• Inner squad movement was not overwhelming and it was very good maneuvers.
• VICTORY

Cons:

• Command communications was very hectic.
• This type of operation, infantry need to take it calmly. Can't be running and gunning and not get team kills. We need to calm it down and that's how we can win easier.

 

[Flick.J]

Element Callsign: Axis How Squad
Element Leader: Corporal Flick.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Austin.M
Specialist Becker.J
Corporal Moff.N
Warrant Officer 1 Swift.A
Private James.C

Pros:

• Well Desgined
• Foy is a fun map
• Amazing squad comms

Cons:

• Foy day bad, Foy night good

 

[Sotelo.R]

Element Callsign: Allied Armor - "Cheap and Easy"
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Sotelo.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Second Lieutenant Sotelo.R
Specialist Zimmerman.C
Private First Class Theo.H

Pros:

• Zimm amd Theo's execution as a true was awesome, really solid performance.
• GREAT tank cooperation with Lee's crew, absolute top-tier partnership taking down targets together
• Infantry did a great job feeing us intel of enemy targets
• Blind nameplates was a good vibe, very nice change of pace
• Search and Destroy style was sooooo good

Cons:

• Command comms were extra busy tonight.
• Map was good, but there might be a bit better of a map for this concept. MINOR gripe

 

[Donk.B]

Element Callsign: Fox Axis
Element Leader: CPL.Donk.B
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
CPL.Darko
PVT.Lynch
CPL.Lewis

Pros:
Novelty
Cool operation
Great Swaps for Garry building


Cons:
More Garrisons would be helpful
Folks calling out "Garry on me or halftrack on me", without saying gridsquare was not artful.
Think we could have spammed more supply drops

 

[Giglio.M]

Element Callsign: Axis Easy Squad tank
Element Leader:Specialist Giglio.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:Private First Class Steven.D , Private Donavan.O

Pros:

• Was a well put together OP
• Good team communication
• Great work from Tankers

Cons:

• Infantry support from At was hard with low numbers
• Visibility was limited

 

[Sibley.K]

Element Callsign: Axis TC, callsign "Blood Spire"
Element Leader: Specialist Sibley.K
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Sibley.K
Sergeant Von Busch.M
Sergeant Allen.R

Pros:

• Super fun mission premise. Fighting over nodes is fun!
• Great team comms. Gave us ample time to respond to threats and support various parts of the infantry line.
• Excellent work by the tank crew. Couldn't have asked for better work by the guys.
• I'm a fan of any game that goes down to the last ten minutes!!!

Cons:

• We lost our tempo in the second half of the match. Defending Foy was very difficult because there were so many approach angles.
• Any game that restricts Germans to using the Luchs puts them in a tough spot. Would love to find a solution that allows us to not force a squad into that box.

 

[Freeze.T]

Element Callsign: Allies Charlie Squad
Element Leader: Specialist Freeze.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Moreau.M
Specialist Aponte.A
Private First Class Doss.R
Private First Class Roderick.S
Private Star.J

Pros:

• Fun idea and good planning
• Good teamwork with infantry and tanks
• No nametag ops continue to be fun

Cons:

• The infantry line used during phases 2 and 3 did not reform for phase 4, causing a big cluster of infantry concentrated in E4.
• Row limitation prevented us clearing enemies entrenched in areas not accessible by attacking team. An additional row accessible by offense would be helpful.
• Comms not "official" after team breakout in discord before the game, making it difficult to communicate with my squad prior to game start. After game start, command comms had relevant information but it was very cluttered and loud. Keep it short and to the point.

 

[Rutkowski.P]

S1 Locked.

 

[Rutkowski.P]

S1 Operations Processed.